Chapter 40 - The Dragon
…………
"It's a bit strange." Vienna jumped off the road and walked to Belorel, helping him control his mount.
"We should not continue to move forward for the time being, Your Highness. Send someone to explore the situation first."
Belorel nodded and agreed. Captain Ranger called a subordinate and briefly explained a few words. The selected Ranger approached Jinwu Village carefully.
"The well of the sun is above, don't have any accidents when your mother leaves." Bellorier prayed in a low voice.
The ranger came back soon, but his expression was completely reversed compared to the caution he had when he left. At this moment, he was only panic and panic.
"Your Highness..."
"What's wrong?" Belorel jumped off the rompid in a hurry, walked over to support the soldier who almost fell. Vienna also leaned over. "What happened?"
"Everyone of Jinwu Village, they..."
"What's wrong with them?"
"You'd better go and see it yourself."
This soldier obviously didn't know how to describe what he saw. Since he was able to come back safely, it means he had not encountered any dangers like enemies. But besides the enemy, what else could make a battle-hardened ranger so panicked?
Belorel let go of the Ranger's arm and ran to the Golden Misty Village. Vinna behind him was shouting his name, but she couldn't stop him from speeding up.
Not far apart, Belorel thought of various possible situations. The people in Jinwu Village were attacked, with heavy casualties, but there was no smell of blood in the air; or everyone disappeared, but the ranger who was exploring nothing would never show such an expression.
There must be something terrible!
All the guesses were not as shocking as the actual situation. All the residents and guards of Jinwu Village fell to the ground and remained motionless.
Bellorel froze. For a moment, he seemed to be a statue, and only the pulse of his neck beat rapidly could prove that he was a living creature.
"What's going on?" Vienna caught up with him and was also surprised by what was happening in front of her.
"Save them!" Belloriel shouted loudly. He wished he was a priest or paladin now, and could use holy light to help these people. What made him even more worried was that his team was full of rangers, and no one knew how to heal spells.
When executing the orders of the Regent Crown Prince, more and more rangers discovered the problem. The facts became strange. Everyone looked at each other.
"Your Highness, they are not injured."
Belorel didn't know how to understand what Vienna said. The people from Jinwu Village were lying on the ground under his nose.
"They all seemed to fall asleep, but they couldn't wake up."
"What did you say?" Belorel was completely dizzy.
In order to verify the authenticity of the Ranger Captain's story, he walked to the strongest-looking guard of Jinwu Village and observed it again and again. He really didn't see a wound on the other party, and even the armor could not see the gaps and dents. The best news is that the soldiers' breathing was stable. Bellorier hoped that the others would be the same.
Pour some water in the water bag on his hand and slowly pat the soldier's face.
"Wake up! Wake up!"
The effect is minimal.
"Your Highness! No," a ranger rushed over and said to Belorel: "The rune stone is gone!"
This sentence almost shocked everyone. The first person Belorel suspected was the tribe, but then he thought it was wrong. Garrosh could not have let everyone around Jinwu Village fall asleep without any resistance.
The boy glanced at it again. The guards did not have any defensive actions; there were half-cooked finished products on the blacksmith shop building platform; the hotel owner should have been making tea for the two resting rangers, and fell down when the accident happened. The teapot fell to the ground and the drinks spilled all over the floor. In the room on the second floor of the hotel, there was a pair of tangled elf men and women who were contributing to the enhancement of Quel'thalas' population when they were awake... The picture was unsightly. Belorel blushed and turned and left.
Bellorel continued to check, searching one room after another, and he already had a vague answer in his mind? It was just that more clues were needed.
"Your Highness, no one is awake, but there are no casualties." Wienna reported. Is this good news or bad news? Captain Ranger didn't know what kind of reaction to give.
"What are the traces on the rune stone?"
"The whole piece of rune stone is lost? Like here, there is no trace."
The elf boy swallowed, took a deep breath, and asked the Well of the Sun to help him sort out his thoughts and concentrate. "This is impossible. You and I know the weight of a rune stone in your heart? There are not many dozens of people who can't move it."
Wienna shook her head and stressed, "It's really nothing."
Bellorel understands that she won't lie or miss any details.
"The rangers have tried their best to find clues, but there is no trace of anyone's activity? Not even a trace of magic remains. There are only a few collapsed trees..."
"Take me." Bellorel grabbed her arm.
Wienna felt a little hurt and nodded, "Go here."
Those trees were completely interrupted? The trunk and stump of one of them were far away from each other. This was a barbaric power that was almost a giant.
Bellorel suddenly realized the terrible fact? He was silent because of this. The outline of a dark shadow appeared in his mind.
"I want to stay." Belorel turned around and said to Vienna. "Captain Ranger, you go back alone to tell General Ranger what's going on here? Just say... she needs her here."
………
A unit of more than a hundred people arrived at Jinwu Village day and night, and dozens of priests came along with the team.
As soon as Wenleza arrived, she looked at Bellorel up and down. "You're not injured, are you?"
"I'm fine." After that, Belorel grabbed Wenleza's hand, "Come with me? Auntie. I think I know who is behind the scenes."
The two of them came to the place where the rune stone disappeared. General Ranger originally wanted to confirm the situation in Jinwu Village? But when he saw that there was only a big pit left at the place where the rune stone was stored, she still stared in shock.
"Look." Bellorell pointed at the big trees.
Wenleza didn't like the puzzle and asked directly: "What did you find, Belorel."
"It's a dragon, aunt. It must be a dragon who knows Male Magic to come here."
Chapter completed!